The current implementation uses a bitcoin wallet for identity and requires 10 blockchain confirmations to set up a person.

Applications presented

OpenBazaar (a place to buy and sell without an intermediary) has a long identification string for each buy/sell. Blockstack provides a secure mapping of these ids to a simpler human-readable id

Mediachain is a data network for information on creative works in which contributed information is validated by the contributor’s identity. All objects are IPFS + IPLD objects with information saved to Merkel trees. They are working on the challenge of private key management: high volumes of registrations and the need to register on behalf of 3rd

IPFS (interplanetary file system) proposes to

Create a DNS based on the package content which will allow copies to be located on several locations in the network

Greater individual control over DNS names independent of any centralized naming body

There are three levels of naming

The content defines the address through a hash tag. But if the blog changes, the address changes.

Key name. a mutable layer of names that is stable even as the content changes